Trump’s 28-Year-Old ICE No. 2 Jumps Into Race To Defeat Democrat Half-Century Older Than Her

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deputy director Madison Sheahan, a Republican, announced her run for a GOP-leaning House district in Ohio against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who has held the seat for 43 years.

Sheahan, 28, who calls herself a “Trump conservative,” posted her campaign announcement video to X on Thursday morning, adding that she is running “to protect American jobs, American paychecks, and American values.” The Trump administration official also contrasted her tenure at ICE with Kaptur’s record on immigration enforcement throughout her more than four decades in Congress.

Sheahan submitted a resignation letter, dated Thursday, to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem declaring her intention to run for Ohio’s 9th congressional district.

“President Trump deserves a Congress that stands firmly behind his agenda to make America safer, more affordable, and more prosperous. For that reason, effective immediately. I respectfully submit this letter of resignation so that I may continue serving my country in a different capacity,” she wrote in the letter.

“In less than one year at ICE, I’ve stopped more illegal immigration than Marcy Kaptur has in her 43 years in Washington,” Sheahan said in her announcement video.

Kaptur, 79, has served in the House since 1983 — 14 years before Sheahan was born — and is the longest-tenured female member of Congress in U.S. history. The longtime lawmaker has consistently voted with House Democrats against Trump’s agenda, a point the ICE deputy director highlighted in her campaign announcement.